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"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. This piece is essential listening for anyone who has an interest in the future of both the meeting and the organisation. It was recorded the day before our guests took their titles; Incoming ANZCA President David Story, Professor and Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia at the University of Melbourne, Head of the University Department of Critical Care; and the Incoming Dean of the Faculty of Pain...
info_outline Paediatric Trials | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. This piece focuses upon paediatric trials. Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne with their guests Paul-Lee Archer Staff Specialist Anaesthestist at The Queensland...
info_outline Anaesthesia training in Mongolia | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. This piece explores the challenges and rewards of working in global health and the importance of collaboration and education in improving healthcare systems. Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and...
info_outline Publishing online and in print | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. What are the pressures and rewards in publishing, in a world where the internet is nearly ubiquitous and when large language models driven by artificial intelligence can be used to write copy for you? Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head...
info_outline TopMedTalk down under - day 3 begins | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. Here we recap on what we've seen and look forward to day three. If you'd like to catch up with our coverage here's the output from the previous day: Oxygen and Altitude | #ASM24BRIS - Are you ready for a leadership position in healthcare? | #ASM24BRIS - Continuing professional development | #ASM24BRIS - Global Health | #ASM24BRIS - Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital...
info_outline Advancements in technology; monitoring and managing hemodynamic parameters during childbirth | TMT at SOAPTopMedTalk
Our ‘as live’ coverage of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) conference continues. This piece focuses upon advancements in medical technology, particularly in monitoring and managing hemodynamic parameters during childbirth and surgeries like C-sections. What are the latest advancements? How should we now understand hemodynamics? What new findings have we made in this area and how should we best go about tailoring our interventions? Presented by Desiree Chappell, TopMedTalk co-editor in Chief and Monty Mythen, TopMedTalk’s founder, with their guest Andrew...
info_outline Obstetric anaesthesia | TMT at SOAPTopMedTalk
Our ‘as live’ coverage of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) continues. Here we get into a conversation about the ever developing field of Obstetric Anesthesia. Presented by Desiree Chappell, TopMedTalk co-editor in Chief and Monty Mythen, TopMedTalk’s founder, with Grace Lim, Chief, Obstetric and Women's Anesthesia at UPMC, Pittsburgh.
info_outline Screening and Assessment for Prehabilitation - panel discussion | World Congress of PrehabilitaitonTopMedTalk
This panel discussion covers ground discussed in the preceding talks released recently on TopMedTalk and linked to below. Screening and assessment for prehabilitation being the umbrella theme of each of those presentations. Chaired by Franco Carli, Professor of Anesthesia at McGill University and Associate Professor in the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at McGill University, with panelists Sandy Jack, Professor of Prehabilitation Medicine in Clinical and Experimental Sciences Dept., Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Southampton, Chelsia Gillis, Assistant Professor in the...
info_outline Global Health | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. This subject is one that touches everyone in the world; global health. Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne with their guests Chris Bowden, Consultant...
info_outline Continuing professional development | #ASM24BRISTopMedTalk
"TopMedTalk Down Under" continues 'as live' coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting. Here we discuss some of the various workshops at the meeting and its commitment to continuting professional development (CPD). Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne...
info_outlineThe historical focus in prehabilitation has been on exercise, how can the insights of psychology and behaviour change techniques be applied to the field? Should psychosocial outcomes and behaviour change be factored into your practice?
There's consistent evidence that anxiety around the time of diagnosis is predictive of post operative pain; depression increases the risk of chronic pain; psychological factors also impact on wound healing and functional recovery. Meanwhile low confidence and depression have been shown to effect outcomes.
How can psychological behaviour change techniques be embedded into encouragement to involve themselves in exercise training in advance of their operation?
For more on the Wesfit trial go here: http://www.wesfit.org.uk/
Presented by Chloe Grimmett, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) post-doctoral Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow for the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group at the University of Southampton; behavioural science lead for Wessex-Fit-for Surgery (WesFit) trial, a large randomised controlled trial of physical and psychological prehabilitation prior to cancer surgery and is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute clinical studies Lifestyle and Behaviour Change Group and the NIHR Cancer and Nutrition Collaborative.